Atlantic City has one more year to turn luck around – The New Jersey city is now in its last year of a five-year reprieve from the governor to turn itself around before the state considers allowing casinos in other parts of Jersey, which would probably be Atlantic City’s final nail in the coffin. (CBS NY)

One-way ticket to live out rest of life on Mars moves ahead – Dutch nonprofit Mars One has selected over a thousand candidates from nearly a quarter-million applicants to enter a first round of testing before a final team is selected which would make a one-way trip to the Red Planet in an attempt to establish a permanent human colony there by 2024. (HuffPo)

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